Fire-kindler.



L. R. PHILLIPS. FIRE KINDLER.

AIPLIGATION FILED 0G'1. 12, 1912 1,1 1 3,478. Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

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LOREN R. PHILLIPS, OF FRZUITA, COLORADO.

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TocZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOREN R. PHILLIPS, a citizen of the -United States, residing at Fruita, in the county of Mesa and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful .Fire-Kindler, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in fire lrindlers, one object of the invention being the provision of a fire kindler composed of a plurality of inflammable tubes, placed in triangular shaped bundles and attached to and carried by a flexible, and inflammable sheet of material, whereby bundles of various sizes may be made by positioning the triangular bundles together, according to the grate surface of the stove.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangeinent'of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings-l igure 1 is a perspective view of one of the inflammable tubes. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section in perspective. Fig. 3 is a. perspective view of a plurality of units of the fines connected to a flexible sheet of material. Fig. 4 is a view in perspective illustrating the use of two of the connected units when kindling a, fire. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of an igniting attachment insertible within the lower end of a flue or tube.

Referring to the drawings, the present kindler consists of a plurality of tubes of paper or other inflammable material, the inner edge of each one of which, as at 1, is bent at an angle so as to project within the hollow portion of the tube and provide the initial igniting portion of the tube, while a plurality of coils 2 are provided and terminate at the outer portion as at 3. The lower end of each of the tubes as at f is dipped in an inflammable material, such as melted resin or oils, or paraffin, and thus provides a means whereby the lower end of the initially bent end 1 may be primarily ignited.

As shown in Fig. 3, the flexible strip 5 of inflammable material is employed and the respective triangular bundles of units Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Oct. 13,1914.

Application filed octoher 12, 1912. Serial No. 725,4 7.

6 of tubes, which are adhesively connected I together, are adhesively or otherwise fasrequiring less while anthracite or, hard coal requires a greater number of units.

ts shown inFi g. 4:, two of the units are employed to provide asubstantlally rectangular package the surplus of the flexible.

'for forming the primary ignition portion.

The tube part Bis inserted within the lower end. of the respective kindling tubes and thus provide a means for primarily igniting the strip .1 of its respective tube.

In using the present invention, the inflammable laminated tubes are ignited at the lower ends of the strips 1 and are placed upon the grate ofthe stove, the fuel being placed around the respective tubes so as to confine the draft through the hollow portions of the tubes and upon the tubes so that the flame conducted through the air blasts of the tubes will ignite the fuel, and as the tubes are laminated and composed of a plurality of coils of the inflammable material, it is evident that they are strengthened to such a degree as to readily retain and support the fuel during the burning of the tubes. The tube by reason of the fact that the ignition takes place upon the inner por tion starting with the strip 1, gradually burns, a layer at a time from the inside until finally theouter layer is consumed, the

It has been found in practice that the upper ends of the tubes may be cut at various angles so as to prevent the packing of the fuel thereupon to close the flame blast drafts to the tubes, and also that various sizes of tubes may be used in conjunction with each other to assist in the proper retention of the fuel in spaced relation to permit of the flames passing between the lumps and properly igniting the same. It is also evident that the various tubes in their lower ends may be stuffed With newspaper or other inflammable materials to assist in the proper combustion of the tubes, it being essential that the tubes burn primarily at the inner portion Where the projectingstrip 1 is, so that the burning of'the tube Will be gradual from the inner to the outer coil thereof.

As before stated, any number of units may be employed according to the character said bundles with sufficient: space between the bundles to form a fold that extends be tween each pair of adjacent bundles When the bundles are placed in close proximity.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiiixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

LOREN R. PHILLIPS.

lVitnesses:

W. BRUMBAUGH, H. W. WHITE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained. for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

